[NAS] Synology NAS owner club!

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HuatKway

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went IT show yesterdaym visited the booth selling NAS and just got to know QNAP has the 'A' series that has USB + NAS type of storage. but its more ex though
 

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Any of u guys is using Vlan at home? i need help with vlan routing ><
 

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That is why I moved away from 2-bay NAS.

But you can try to configure it as Raid-0 + connect to an external HD as backup.

Bro.. ex HDD as backup, do I need to always leave the HDD plug into the USB all the time? Can I just plug the HDD in whenever I plan to do the backing up only...
 

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I'm thinking of getting a 2-bay, but can't decide which model. The intended use case is cloud station (or called Drive now) and backup. Probably 3 or 4 TB with mirroring. So it's not that heavy usage.

Now, I don't know if the value-oriented DS218j is enough (i.e. can serve the files for about 3-4 computer simultaneously). Or will getting the DS218play or DS128 be better? Or just get the 4-bay DS418j?

Sorry for noob question, never had an NAS before. Considering NAS because now all my PCs have their own external HDD for backup, thinking of consolidating these backups.

Thanks in advance!
 

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For a 2-bay NAS, you lose 50% capacity due to mirror. As a 4-bay NAS, you have 3 HDD capacity.

As for model:
J is entry model
None is value model
+ is performance model
 

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Any of u guys is using Vlan at home? i need help with vlan routing ><

Okay nm, found. Solution 3 sets of ip on my 218j lol.


But my xiao mi 360 still cannot detect, yet my xiaomi 1080 can any 1 encountrt this?
 

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Hi there,

Any idea with an External HDD, how is it possible to transfer data directly to the NAS?
 

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Hi there,

Any idea with an External HDD, how is it possible to transfer data directly to the NAS?


Check if the NAS comes with a USB 3.0 port. Most NAS should come with one but make sure.
 

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As of today, even the entry level J series comes with USB3.0 ports.
 

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hi.. new to migration to 2 bay to 4 bay
im going to migrate 2 bay to 4 bay (currently with the existing 2 hdd (4TB each using SHR))..
So I know I need to do a backup on the configuration. Do I need to do any backup for my photos and videos physically? - confused on this. > one more hdd for external backup?
I need a 3rd hdd to insert into the 4 bay for updating of the dsm version? this hdd can use any size right eg. 2TB

Or I can just migrate as per this synology website? https://www.synology.com/en-global/...igrate_between_Synology_NAS_DSM_5_0_and_later
 
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